The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.
Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised.
The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground?
Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD.
If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes?
How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up! (Obadiah 1-6)
Overview
[1] Obadiah, from Thru The Bible Radio with Dr. J. Vernon McGee ©, with free downloads Notes & Outlines (PDF), Complete 5-Year Study (MP3), Evolution and You (or Why God Hated Esau) (PDF)
Either this was written as prophecy before it happened or it is a historical record of what did happen. The natural interpretation, of course, is to accept it as history rather than prophecy, which places the date of Obadiah’s prophecy around 587 B.C., after the Babylonian captivity and during the ministry of the prophet Jeremiah.[2] Book of Obadiah, from gotquestions.org (this website is also available in Afrikaans, Arabic, Bengali, Burmese-Myanmar, Cebuano, Chinese - Simplified, Chinese – Traditional, Hausa, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Malaysian, Persian-Farsi, Portuguese, Quechua, Sesotho, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Tamil, Thai, Urdu, Vietnamese, Zulu, and 70 other languages)
The little kingdom of Edom is the subject of this brief prophecy. Verse 6 is the key verse: “How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up!” (Read the complete article)
Obadiah, the shortest book in the Old Testament, is only 21 verses long. Obadiah is a prophet of God who uses this opportunity to condemn Edom for sins against both God and Israel. The Edomites are descendants of Esau and the Israelites are descendants of his twin brother, Jacob. A quarrel between the brothers has affected their descendants for over 1,000 years. This division caused the Edomites to forbid Israel to cross their land during the Israelites’ Exodus from Egypt. Edom’ sins of pride now require a strong word of judgment from the Lord. (Read the complete article)[3] Obadiah, from Scofield Reference Notes (1917 Edition)
Internal evidence seems to fix the date of Obadiah’s ministry in the reign of the bloody Athaliah 2 Kings 8:16-26. If this be true, and if the ministry of Joel was during the reign of Joash, then Obadiah is chronologically first of the writing prophets, and first to use the formula, “the day of the Lord”.[4] Turning The Tables – What Goes Around Comes Around – The Boomerang Effect, by Paul G. Apple
The book is in four parts:
1. Edom’s humiliation, Obadiah 1-9.
2. The crowning sin of Edom, Obadiah 10-14.
3. The future visitation of Edom in the day of the Lord, Obadiah 1:15-16, (Isaiah 34.). Isaiah 63:1-6.
4. The inclusion of Edom in the future kingdom, Obadiah 1:17-21; Numbers 24:17-19.
How do we respond when disaster strikes some group of people that is not in our immediate camp? Maybe a church that we feel is apostate and deserving of God’s judgment; maybe a foreign country that has not been friendly to our administration; maybe an ethnic group that differs from us in many respects . . . I am especially thinking of situations where we tend to look down on others in our pride and feel superior … as if that group is especially deserving of God’s judgment.Discussion
Those under the calamity should rightly examine their own hearts to see if this is God’s hand of judgment or discipline. But it is a much more murky area to navigate for those who are merely the onlookers. Rather than being quick to point the finger, we must first look to our own standing with God and then respond in compassion and mercy. (Read the complete article)
[1] Bible references to “pride”Exodus 18:10-11; Leviticus 26:19; Deuteronomy 8:11-14, 17-20; Judges 9:14-15; 1 Samuel 2:3-5; 1 Kings 20:11; 2 Kings 14:9-10; 2 Chronicles 25:18-19; Job 11:12; 12:2-3; 13:2, 5; 15:1-13; 18:3; 21:31-32; 32:9-13; 37:24; Psalms 9:20; 10:2-6, 11; 12:4; 18:27; 31:23; 49:11; 52:7; 73:6, 8-9; 75:4-6; 101:5; 119:21, 69-70, 78; 138:6; Proverbs 3:34; 6:16-17; 8:13; 10:17; 11:2, 12; 12:9, 15; 13:10; 14:21; 15:5, 10, 12, 25, 32; 16:5,18-19; 17:19; 18:11-12; 20:6; 21:4, 24; 25:14, 27; 26:5, 12, 16; 27:2; 28:11, 25; 29:8, 23; 30:12-13; Isaiah 2:11-17; 3:16-26; 5:8,15; 9:9-10; 10:5-16; 13:11; 14:12-16; 16:6-7; 22:16, 19; 23:7, 9; 24:4, 21; 26:5; 28:3; 47:4-10; Jeremiah 9:23-24; 13:9, 15, 17; 48:7, 14-15,29; 49:4,16; 50:31,32; Ezekiel 16:56; 28:2-9,17; 30:6; 31:10-14; Daniel 4:37; 11:45; Hosea 5:5; 7:10; 10:11; Obadiah 1:3-4; Nahum 3:19; Habakkuk 2:4-5, 9; Zephaniah 2:10, 15; 3:11; Malachi 4:1; Matthew 20:26-27; 23:6-8, 10-12; Mark 7:21; 10:43; 12:38-39; Luke 1:51-52; 9:46; 11:43; 14:8-9; 18:14; 20:45-47; Romans 1:22, 29-30; 11:17-21, 25; 12:3, 16; 1 Chronicles 1:29; 3:18; 4:6-8, 10; 5:2, 6; 8:1-2; 10:12; 13:4; 14:38; 2 Chronicles 10:5, 12, 18; 12:7; Galatians 6:3; Ephesians 4:17; Philemon 2:3; 1 Titus 2:9; 3:6; 6:3-4, 17; 2 Titus 3:2, 4; James 3:1; 4:6; 1 Peter 5:3, 5; 1 John 2:16; Revelation 3:17-18; 18:7-8[2] Prophecies concerning Israel
Their rejection of the Messiah
Isaiah 8:14-15; 49:5, 7; 52:14; 53:1-3; Zechariah 11, 13; Matthew 21:33; 22:1War and other judgments
Deuteronomy 28:49-57; 2 Kings 20:17-18; 21:12-15; 22:16-17; 23:26-27; Isaiah 1:1-24; 3; 4:1; 5; 6:9-13; 7:17-25; 8:14-22; 9; 10:12; 22:1-14; 28:14-22; 29:1-10; 30:1-17; 31:1-3; 32:9-14; Jeremiah 1:11-16; 4:5-31; 6; 7:8-34; 8; 9:9-26; 10:17-22; 11:9-23; 13:9-27; 14:14-18; 15:1-14; 16; 17:1-4; 18:15-17; 19; 20:5; 21:4-7; 22:24-30; 25:8-38; 28; 34; 37; 38:1-3; 42:13-22; 43; 44; 45; Lamentations 5:6; Ezekiel 4; 5; 11:7-12; 12; 15; 16; 17; 19; 22:13-22; 23:22-35; 24; 33:21-29; Daniel 9:26-27; Joel 2:1-17; Amos 2:4-5; Micah 2:10; 3; 4:8-10; Habakkuk 1:6-11; Zephaniah 1; Zechariah 11; 14:1-3; Malachi 4:1; Matthew 21:33-34; 23:35-38; 24:2, 14-42; Mark 13:1-13; Luke 13:34-35; 19:43-44; 21:5-25; 23:28-31; Revelation 1:7Dispersion
Isaiah 24:1; Jeremiah 9:16; Hosea 9:17; Joel 3:6, 20; Amos 9:9; Ezekiel 4:13; 5:10, 12; 20:23; 36:19; Daniel 9:7; John 7:35; Act 2:5Blessing and restoration
Isaiah 1:25-27; 2:1-5; 4:2-6; 11:11-13; 25; 26:1-2, 12- 19; 27:13; 29:18-24; 30:18-26; 32:15-20; 33:13-24; 35; 37:31-32; 40:2, 9; 41:27; 44; 49:13-23; 51; 52:1-12; 60; 61:4-9; 62; 66:5-22; Jeremiah 3:14-18; 4:3-18; 12:14-16; 23:3; 24:1-7; 29:1-14; 30:3-22; 32:36-44; 33; 44:28; Ezekiel 14:22-23; 16:60-63; 20:40-41; 36:1-38; 37:12,21; Daniel 11:30-45; 12:1; Joel 3; Amos 9:9-15; Obadiah 1:17-21; Micah 2:12-13; 5:3; Zephaniah 2:7; Zechariah 1:14-21; 2; 8; 10:5-12; 12:1-14; 13; 14:3-21; Malachi 3:4; Romans 11; 2 Corinthians 3:16; Revelation 7:5Further study (Be like the Bereans! Acts 17:11)
[1] Turning The Tables – What Goes Around Comes Around – The Boomerang Effect, by Paul G. Apple
[2] Materials by David Malick
[3] The Book of Obadiah, by Imanuel Christian
[4] The Minor Prophets, by J. Hampton Keathley, III
Sermons on Obadiah (Be like the Bereans! Acts 17:11)
[1] Gospel in Action, Obadiah 8-18, by Rev. Chris Harbin, Rocks Baptist Church - Pamplin, VA
[2] Obadiah’s Hymn of Indignation, from South McGehee Baptist Church, McGehee AR
[3] Accept God’s Lordship, by Eddie Steetle
[4] Sermons by Paul Hawkins
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